{"id":13408,"date":"2026-06-29T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13408"},"modified":"2026-06-29T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:57:00","slug":"aris-portosalte-on-rubicon-in-thessaloniki-on-the-verge-of-being-a-thug-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13408","title":{"rendered":"Aris Portosalte on Rubicon in Thessaloniki: On the verge of being a thug (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"235\">     Aris Portosalte denounced the anti-Semitic actions of Rouvikonas in Thessaloniki, referring to \u201cpatrols\u201d that have no place in a liberal democracy. <\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"opjdxi\" data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"289\">     <strong data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"289\">\u201cPatrols\u201d and left-wing anti-Semitism in the crosshairs of Portosalte\u2019s commentary<\/strong> <\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"532\">     <strong data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"312\">Aris Portosalte<\/strong>, speaking on the show <strong data-start=\"336\" data-end=\"348\">\u201cToday\u201d<\/strong> on <strong data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"361\">SKAI<\/strong>, referred to the <strong data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"401\">anti-Semitic activities<\/strong> of <strong data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"419\">Rouvikonas<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"439\">Thessaloniki<\/strong>, expressing its strong opposition to the group\u2019s self-proclaimed \u201cpatrols.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"749\">     \u201c<strong data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"685\">I\u2019m waiting for these patrols to end. There\u2019s a group that\u2019s bordering on thuggery, patrolling the streets<\/strong>,\u201d he said, commenting on the group\u2019s actions. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"751\" data-end=\"969\">     The journalist focused particularly on the presence of members of <strong data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"822\">Rouvikonas<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"842\">Thessaloniki<\/strong>, saying: \u201c<b>They went out on patrol in Thessaloniki because, he says, <\/b>Israel<b>? I don\u2019t understand<\/b>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1293\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">     Concluding his remarks, he argued that there is <strong data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1067\">\u201cleft-wing anti-Semitism\u201d<\/strong>, emphasizing that such practices are incompatible with a democratic system of government. \u201c<strong data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1283\">We have left-wing anti-Semitism in Greece. It is unacceptable in a liberal democracy for thugs to roam the streets<\/strong>,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\">Portosalte: \u201cI\u2019m waiting for these patrols to end. There\u2019s a group that\u2019s practically thugs, patrolling the streets. Did they go out on patrol in Thessaloniki because\u2014as he says\u2014citizens have come from Israel? I don\u2019t understand. We have\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/L20gvxb18Q<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tomanifesto.gr (@tomanifesto) June 29, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Aris Portosalte denounced Rubicon\u2019s anti-Semitic activities in Thessaloniki, referring to \u201cpatrols\u201d that have no place in a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}